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Playstack wrote that the change happened \u201cdue to a mistaken belief that the game \u2018contains prominent gambling imagery and material that instructs about gambling.\u2019\u201d Playstack went on to vehemently deny that Balatro<\/em> contains gambling of any kind, affirming that its developer \u201cis staunchly anti-gambling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In an email to The Verge<\/em>, Playstack PR manager Wout van Halderen went into a bit more detail about the affected consoles and countries, writing, \u201cMost Nintendo Switch stores across Europe are temporarily affected, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.\u201d Storefronts in Asia are also being monitored, but Playstack hasn\u2019t confirmed if they\u2019re also impacted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Van Halderen also wrote that Playstack is working to get the game back up in the affected markets as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe logical first step is to get the game back with the current 18+ rating and take it from there,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis could mean a patch with updated ratings or an additional look through certification.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n